Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 09:
Judicial Magistrate first Class, Imphal A Nouteshori Devi has decreed that member of Meghalaya State Women�s Commission Sophie R Marak and her son John Rirak R Marak appear before the court on September 12. The order was passed yesterday after one Urmila Chanam Marak, a Manipuri native, alleged that her husband John Rirak, a medical practitioner and mother-in-law Sophie had committed atrocities against her.
The complaint filed under clause goverving protection of women from domestic violence also sought Rs 50,000 as interim monetary relief, Rs 10 lakh as one time settlement and a separate suitable accommodation for Urmila, who after fleeing from her in-law�s Tura residence with her three year old daughter is currently putting up at her parental home here.
Urmila, who married John Rirak in 2000 had also lodged similar complaints before the Meghalaya State Women�s Commission in addition to registering a case in Tura police station.
Mental harrasments by the mother in-law and physical abuses from the husband apparently linked to dowry demands had been mentioned in Urmila�s complaints.